DEA Archived Press Releases

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Utica Man Sentenced to 33 Months for Fentanyl Conspiracy and Distribution

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Daequon D. Perkins, 26, of Utica, New York, was sentenced Thursday to 33 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl, and distribution of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl. The announcement...
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DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

NEW YORK CITY – On Oct. 29, 2022, communities across the country demonstrated their continued support for DEA’s bi-annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by safely disposing of more than 647,000 pounds of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 collection sites across the country. Since its inception in 2010, DEA’s...
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DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

WASHINGTON – On October 29, 2022, communities across the country demonstrated their continued support for DEA’s bi-annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by safely disposing of more than 647,000 pounds of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 collection sites across the country. Since its inception in 2010, DEA’s National Prescription...
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DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

Denver, CO. – On Oct. 29, 2022, communities across the country demonstrated their continued support for DEA’s bi-annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by safely disposing of more than 647,000 pounds of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 collection sites across the country. The Rocky Mountain Division collected just over...
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DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

NEW ORLEANS – On Oct. 29, 2022, communities across the country demonstrated their continued support for DEA’s bi-annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by safely disposing of more than 647,000 pounds of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 collection sites across the country. Since its inception in 2010, DEA’s National...
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DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

WASHINGTON – On Oct. 29, 2022, communities across the country demonstrated their continued support for DEA’s bi-annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by safely disposing of more than 647,000 pounds of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 collection sites across the country. Since its inception in 2010, DEA’s National Prescription...
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Approximately 50 Pounds of Fentanyl/Heroin Seized at Drug Stash Apartment in the Bronx

NEW YORK CITY – A Bronx man was arrested in connection with the seizure of approximately 23 kilograms of heroin/fentanyl (50 pounds) from an apartment located near Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The narcotics carry an estimated street value of $7 million. Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special...
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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm

RUTLAND, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Joel Ivan Caquias Aviles, 22, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve 30 months of imprisonment for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W...
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Manchester Man Sentenced to 72 Months for Possession of Powder and “Crack” Cocaine and Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

CONCORD, N.H. – Kevin Scott, 46, of Manchester was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute powder cocaine and cocaine base (“crack” cocaine), and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced. According to court documents...
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Farmington Man Guilty of Selling Prescribed Oxycodone Pills

FARMINGTON, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that, on November 9, a federal jury in New Haven found ANTHONY HARRIS, 53, of Farmington, guilty of...